For Employers
Verified, federal-ready veteran talent, without the noise.
Built for federal primes, subcontractors, and GovCon small businesses. Every candidate’s military service is verified. Post jobs, search, and hire directly — subscriptions only, like the job boards you already use.
No placement fees on hires you make through job posts — ever.
Any company can hire here. You don’t need to be veteran-owned or have served — if you want to hire service members, you belong on LanceNest. We simply verify that your company is real to keep veterans safe.
Free
$0
To get started
- ✦No placement fees on job-post hires
- ✦Company recruiting page
- ✦2 open job posts
- ✦Applicant pipeline with résumés and verified work
- ✦Message applicants to your jobs
Starter
$99
per month · or $990/year paid up front (2 months free)
- ✦10 open job posts (extra slots $39/mo)
- ✦Company recruiting page
- ✦Applicant pipeline with résumés and verified work
- ✦Message applicants to your jobs
- ✦Import and daily sync from Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby
- ✦2 team seats
- ✦Talent search is on Professional
Recommended
Professional
$249
per month · or $2,490/year paid up front (2 months free)
Founding Employer: $149/mo for your first 12 months ($1,490 first year on annual) · 50 of 50 spots left
- ✦25 open job posts (extra slots $39/mo)
- ✦Search every verified member’s full profile
- ✦Transitioning talent search (separating in 12 months)
- ✦Hiring analytics: views, applicants, conversion
- ✦5 featured jobs a month, included
- ✦Talent pools: save candidates to lists with private notes
- ✦Saved searches with daily new-match emails
- ✦3 team seats
- ✦100 new conversations a month with any verified member (10 more for $59)
- ✦Branded company page: cover photo and “Why veterans work here”
- ✦Applicant export (CSV)
Federal
Talk to us
from $9,990/year, paid annually · fits a government purchase card
- ✦Everything in Professional
- ✦Built for primes, subs, and GovCon small businesses
- ✦Search by self-reported clearance level (you confirm eligibility in official systems)
- ✦Cleared talent spotlight
- ✦One-click yearly veteran outreach report for VEVRAA records
- ✦5 team seats
- ✦Unlimited featured jobs
- ✦Virtual career fair booths included
- ✦Priority support from the founder
Enterprise
Custom
from $15,000/year
- ✦Everything in Federal
- ✦Volume pricing for multiple hiring teams
- ✦Invoice billing
- ✦Dedicated support
| Compare plans | Free | Starter | Professional | Federal | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verified company page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team seats | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Custom |
| Open jobs | 2 | 10 | 25 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Screening questions and applicant pipeline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message applicants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search all verified members | — | — | ✓ | ✓ + clearance filters | ✓ |
| New conversations with any member | — | — | 100/month | 500/month | 2,000/month |
| Saved searches, talent pools, notes | — | — | ✓ | ✓ (team-shared) | ✓ |
| Featured jobs | Add-on | Add-on | 5/month | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Reports and CSV export | Basic | Basic | ✓ | ✓ + veteran outreach report | Custom |
| Support | Priority | Dedicated contact | |||
| Invoicing, security review, custom terms | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
Every employer account starts free, and no plan charges a fee when you hire through a job post. Paid plans renew automatically until you cancel, and your price is locked: it won’t go up while you stay subscribed. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime; when you switch, unused time on the old plan is credited. Add-ons: featured job boost $49 · extra job slot $39/month. DoD SkillBridge programs are free to post on every plan and don’t count toward your job limit. Public Safety rate: government police, sheriff, corrections, fire, and EMS agencies get 30% off Professional and Federal — annual invoicing available. Virtual career fair booths: $499, $399 on Professional, included on Federal. Training providers: list programs for $149/month (featured +$99/month; sponsored info sessions $500).
What it costs elsewhere
Professional costs less than half of Indeed’s résumé search, with three seats instead of one.
| Option | Price | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| LanceNest Starter | $99/month | 10 open jobs, 2 seats, every applicant verified |
| LanceNest Professional | $249/month | 25 open jobs, 3 seats, search every verified member, 100 new conversations a month |
| LinkedIn Recruiter Lite | About $170/month | 1 seat and 30 InMails a month, searching all of LinkedIn |
| Indeed résumé search (Smart Sourcing) | $520/month, or $416/month yearly | 100 candidate contacts a month, then $5.20 each |
| RecruitMilitary job post | $399 per job | One job for 30 days |
| RecruitMilitary career fair | $1,495 per event | One booth and two representatives at one event |
| ClearanceJobs | Quote only; about $26,420 a year on average | Average yearly spend per recruiting customer in 2025 |
Other providers’ prices as published or reported in October 2026, linked to each source. Prices change and vary by account, so check with each provider. LanceNest is not affiliated with any of them.
What you’ll see
Every candidate is a verified service member, explained in civilian terms.
- ✦Service checked by a person against official records and a photo ID
- ✦Military job translated into the civilian roles it prepares them for
- ✦Availability, target pay and work arrangement up front
- ✦Clearances shown as self-reported; you confirm eligibility in official systems
Jordan M.
U.S. Army veteran · Virginia
✓ Verified service member
- Military job
- 25B IT Specialist
- Civilian fit
- Systems administrator · Help desk lead
- Clearance
- Secret (self-reported)
- Open to
- Remote or hybrid · $70K–$85K
- Available
- In 2 weeks
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Import your open jobs from Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby, and paid plans stay in sync every day. Nothing else in your process changes.
Candidate quality
Verified military service — not a background check or clearance verification.
Candidate readiness
See availability, target roles, location, target pay, and civilian skills before you reach out.
Employer trust
Every employer is verified before posting a job or contacting members.
Hiring workflow
Post jobs with screening questions, track applicants, save candidates to talent pools, and message directly.
Founding employers work directly with the LanceNest team while the verified network grows. What “verified” means →
Need help finding someone?
Talk with our team about a hard-to-fill role.
We’ll walk you through search filters, saved-search alerts, and job promotion to reach the right verified members.